Poets and Story-tellers: A Book of Critical EssaysMacmillan Company, 1949 - 201 pages |
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Page 62
... reader's imagination by the literary associations which it evokes . Conscious , as Gray is , of poetry developing in ... readers . Indeed , Gray's education was not altogether an advantage to him as a writer . At times his poetry ...
... reader's imagination by the literary associations which it evokes . Conscious , as Gray is , of poetry developing in ... readers . Indeed , Gray's education was not altogether an advantage to him as a writer . At times his poetry ...
Page 82
... reader . Always they are related with spirit . And anyway no single one goes on too long . After the long - windedness of many eighteenth - century novels Fanny Burney's comes as a welcome relief . Moreover - it was her outstanding ...
... reader . Always they are related with spirit . And anyway no single one goes on too long . After the long - windedness of many eighteenth - century novels Fanny Burney's comes as a welcome relief . Moreover - it was her outstanding ...
Page 187
... reader by the author . So that symbol and realistic description are alike conveyed to us in the same highly idiosyncratic tone of voice . . Certainly a very difficult kind of book to write successfully ! Mr. Forster , however , brings ...
... reader by the author . So that symbol and realistic description are alike conveyed to us in the same highly idiosyncratic tone of voice . . Certainly a very difficult kind of book to write successfully ! Mr. Forster , however , brings ...
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